Zuihō
E180949
Zuihō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in several Pacific War operations before being sunk in the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zuihō canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1550046 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zuihō Context triple: [Battle off Cape Engaño, JapaneseCarrierSunk, Zuihō]
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A.
Kaga
Kaga was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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B.
Hiryū
Hiryū was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, best known for its crucial role and eventual sinking during the Battle of Midway in World War II.
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C.
Yamato
Yamato was a World War II-era Japanese battleship, famed as one of the largest and most heavily armed battleships ever constructed.
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D.
Yamato
Yamato refers to the dominant historical ethnic group and cultural core of Japan, traditionally associated with the imperial lineage and Shinto deities such as Amaterasu.
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E.
Musashi
Musashi was a World War II-era Japanese battleship, one of the largest and most heavily armed ever built, serving as a flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy before being sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zuihō Target entity description: Zuihō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in several Pacific War operations before being sunk in the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
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A.
Kaga
Kaga was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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B.
Hiryū
Hiryū was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, best known for its crucial role and eventual sinking during the Battle of Midway in World War II.
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C.
Yamato
Yamato was a World War II-era Japanese battleship, famed as one of the largest and most heavily armed battleships ever constructed.
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D.
Yamato
Yamato refers to the dominant historical ethnic group and cultural core of Japan, traditionally associated with the imperial lineage and Shinto deities such as Amaterasu.
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E.
Musashi
Musashi was a World War II-era Japanese battleship, one of the largest and most heavily armed ever built, serving as a flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy before being sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy ship
ⓘ
light aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| airGroupSize | about 30 aircraft ⓘ |
| armament |
12.7 cm naval guns
ⓘ
25 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| beam | 18.2 metres ⓘ |
| builtAt | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal ⓘ |
| causeOfSinking | air attack ⓘ |
| commissioned | 27 December 1940 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Pacific War
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| conversionUse | aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| dateOfSinking | 25 October 1944 ⓘ |
| displacement |
11300 tons (standard, approximate)
ⓘ
14000 tons (full load, approximate) ⓘ |
| fate | sunk in action ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1934 ⓘ |
| launched | 1935 ⓘ |
| length | 205.5 metres ⓘ |
| locationOfSinking |
Philippine Sea
ⓘ
off Cape Engaño ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 28 knots (approximate) ⓘ |
| navalTheater | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| originalType | submarine tender ⓘ |
| partOf |
Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy
ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese Mobile Fleet
|
| previousName | Takasaki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
2 shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
carrier air support
ⓘ
decoy carrier force ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| shipClass |
Zuihō-class aircraft carrier
ⓘ
surface form:
Shōhō-class aircraft carrier
|
| sunkIn | Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
Battle of Coral Sea
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surface form:
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
surface form:
Guadalcanal Campaign
|
| usedAs |
escort carrier
ⓘ
fleet carrier (light) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Zuihō Description of subject: Zuihō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in several Pacific War operations before being sunk in the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.